Author: Sneha Kumari We have grown rapidly, in almost every industry from industrial to technology. During this growth phase we have taken and utilized enough resources from the environment around us and have not found a way to replenish them, thus leaving a negative impact. The resources around us are finite and we need to start … Read more
By Kelsey Steele Imagine if you could help add billions of dollars back into your cities’ community and save trillions of dollars by improving existing services. This is possible when you position your city to become a circular city – a city that aims to keep resources in the local supply chain for as long as … Read more
By Adebayo Adeleke I want to change it up today. Unlike the majority of leaders, I want to speak to you and not at you. So, I’m going to start by posing a question… ‘What’s the issue with transpacific business agreements?’ It’s a question that the majority won’t even consider, let alone ask; it’ll be deemed … Read more
By: Dyci Manns SfregolaOkay, I’m just going to say it — I don’t care if your team has “120 years of collective experience in supply chain.” What does that even mean? Did your team consult Henry Ford on mass production? Better yet, was mass production your idea?! Years of experience doesn’t make a person more … Read more
Author: Luke Smaul Like it or not, technology is playing an ever-increasing role in our lives. From how we shop to how we communicate, technology has changed how we engage with the world. Observing this change, large companies, for the past five years, have tried to understand and explore what technology means to their future. This … Read more
Author: Bettina Hobson A Warning about Overconsumption 50 years ago, and again in the 90s of what was at first seen as a quirky idea, our planet has finite resources. To quote Donatella Meadows from her riveting 1972 book The Limits to Growth, “People don’t need enormous cars; they need admiration and respect. They don’t … Read more
Read time -7 min 44 sec Author: Ramatu Abdulkadir In part 1 of this write-up, we looked at the new CEO, preparing to transform a public health supply chain in a developing country to make medicines available. I also shared a puzzle which I hope you have attempted to answer. I know it’s complicated but also very easy … Read more
Author: Kelsey Steele What if I told you that you could:Anticipate and manage risk better than everOperate within communities that have previously been difficult to reachEmpower suppliers who improve innovation and processImprove profitability through increased customer loyalty from commitment to environmental responsibility.It’s possible! The above are just some of the variety of business benefits you can … Read more
Author: Ramatu Abdulkadir Imagine you’re the new CEO of a public health supply chain in a developing country. Your job is to ensure the availability of medicines in Government-owned health facilities for the wellbeing of the citizens.These supply chains are usually fragmented and broken, and patients can hardly get medicines for basic healthcare needs. You inherit … Read more
Technology convergences are driving a creative destruction and expansion of traditional business models. As the costs of sensing, computing, and cloud storage drops, algorithms become democratized and traditional challenges can be solved in innovative ways. Two significant inefficiencies in sourcing and procurement are insights into the provenance of materials and total costs of supply, particularly … Read more